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What is an Emjambed line
A line of poetry that is run on to the following line without any pause.
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What is Metaphor
Comparing without like or as
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What is Alliteration
Repeat of constantes sounds
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What is Caesura
A significant pause in a line.
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What is Simile
Comparing with like or as
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What is Onomonopia
Words that sound like they mean
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What is syntax
Word order
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What is Personification
Making an object do humanly things
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What is Assonance
Repeat of vowel sounds
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What is Diction
Word Choices
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What is Hyperbole
Great exagerrasion
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What is Refrain
A group of lines that is repetited throughout the poem.
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What is Oxymoron
Opposites
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